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“Dean says America needs affirmative action to overcome people’s natural bias to hire and promote employees who look like them. But he had a different position in 1995, when the then-governor of Vermont appeared on CNN.

“You know, I think we ought to look at affirmative action programs based not on race, but on class and opportunities to participate,” Dean said.

Al Sharpton, a civil rights activist and fellow candidate for the Democratic nomination, brought Dean’s previous statement to light this week. He said it contributes to Dean’s “anti-black agenda” — a criticism Dean and his campaign dismissed. “”